7 Daksha and Sishupala are the only two people who criticises the Lord right iun His face.
8. Sannyasa is the stage where you have to make every one happy; because you have to rise above all likes and dislikes.
9. ‘Sorrows are unavoidable in life; but sufferings are optional’ –the Buddha.
10. Sorrows are of two kinds: Sympathy (anukampana) and Self-pity (kRRipaNatA or klaibyaM). The latter is wrong. To overcome self-pity (which is nothing but a weakness of the heart), three challenges have to be met: Accept uncertainties of life; Dissolve desires; Have a detached purpose of action.
11. Face uncertainties of life. The only thing that is certain is the fact that nothing is certain.
12. The root of all desires is fanciful thinking, known in Sanskrit as Sankalpa. Ignorance gives rise to sankalpa. Sankalpa gives rise to desire. And Desire gives rise to sorrow. Sankalpa-prabhavAn kAmAn, says the Gita 6 – 24.
13. Mind-oriented desires are to be overcome by Intellect. Intellect itself has to be then overcome by a change in the goal of life.
namaskaaram Shri Prof. VK-ji,
ReplyDeleteAbout #7, what about vAli in sriimad-rAmAyaNa?
Ramakrishna,
ReplyDeleteVali of course criticised Rama, but after Rama's own explanation he retracted and showed his agreement by recommending his son Angada to be devoted to Rama.